Joint Center in Action
Joint Center President Ralph B. Everett made a presentation about broadband technology at the Federal Communications Commission Staff’s Broadband Plan Workshop. Mr. Everett's presentation starts at 42:40. The topic is Economic Growth, Job Creation, Private Investment.
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Dr. Brian Smedley is interviewed Aug. 18 on NPR's Tell Me More about health reform options. |
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On NPR's Tell Me More, Dr. Louis Sullivan of the Joint Center's Sullivan Alliance, discusses a new study documenting how women of color have less access to health care services than their white counterparts. |
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On Tuesday, June 9, Rep. Barbara Lee, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, joined other members of the Tri-caucus at the U.S. Capitol in announcing legislation to address health disparities. She cites comments from Dr. Brian G. Smedley, Vice President and Director of the Joint Center Health Policy Institute. The legislation is Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009. Also see Press Release.
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Dr. Wilhelmina Leigh, Senior Research Associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, on June 2, 2009, discussed 21st century retirement issues at a forum for 20 journalists sponsored by the National Press Foundation in Washington, DC. The link to audio from the session is in the center of this page.
Joint Center Senior Research Analyst Wilhelmina Leigh, Ph.D. is 3rd from the left in this group shot from the D.C. Chamber of Commerce Policy Forum, March 16, 2009, at the Ronald Reagan Building. View the panel disussion as archived at DC OCT-16.
WASHINGTON – Long time civil rights leader Dr. Dorothy I. Height, whose activism and influence spans nearly eight decades, became the first woman to receive the Louis E. Martin Great American Award from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, which was presented to her April 21 at the organization’s Annual Gala.